Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
NameBernat ALEXANDER [42]
Birth14 Aug 1873, Ofalu, Saros, Hungary [200], [36], [201]
Death30 Jun 1937 [1]
Obituary1 Jul 1937, New York, New York, USA [202]
BurialUnion Field Cemetery, 8211 Cypress Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11227
Alias/AKABernard ALEXANDER
FatherAvraham Yehuda ALEXANDER (~1848-1891)
MotherLena TEITELBAUM (~1851-1902)
Spouses
BirthSep 1873, Germany [36]
Death7 Jan 1923 [203], [204], [205]
BurialUnion Field Cemetery, 8211 Cypress Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11227 [107]
FatherMoses DRUCKER
MotherErnestine GRABOSCHOW (1837-)
Marriage31 May 1896, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA [206], [207]
ChildrenHelen (1897-1966)
 Edna (1898-1943)
 Lillian (1903-)
Notes for Bernat ALEXANDER
Arrived in New York on 24 Aug 1888 aboard ship Trave with sister, Regina. [208]

Naturalization card dated Jan 16, 1897 [209] states:
- his address 618 E. 9th St., New York, NY
- birth date and date of immigration matches other information
- Witness was Isidor Alexander of 105 E. 96th St., New York, NY whose occupation is given as tailor. (This is the same person who signed Bernard’s brother’s naturalization papers.)

Family lore says he had a grocery store near 86th St. & East End Ave., New York, NY

1898 New York City Directory [210]
- Grocer
- 618 E. 9th St.

1900 U.S. Census:
- lived at 521 East 87th St.
- says he immigrated in 1886, but this contradicts manifest of Trave above.
- says he was naturalized citizen

1918, Sept. 12:WW I draft card [209]:
- Clerk in a delicatessen
- Residential & Business Address on WW I draft card,
352 W. 116th St.
New York, NY

1920 U.S. Census [209]
- lived at West 116th St., Manhattan, New York, NY
- says he immigrated in 1894 and was naturalized in 1903 but this is inconsistent with other documents.
- says that he owned a delicatessen.

1923 Lived at E 158th St. [211]
Last Modified 3 May 2020Created 26 Apr 2021 by Miriam Alexander Baker